In a lengthy letter to the judge who will sentence Ray Nagin on Wednesday, the former mayor's wife pleaded for a delay, using familiar arguments about prosecutor misconduct that have so far fallen on deaf ears. And Seletha Nagin, who kept a low-profile
So far in 2014, the federal government has reported 302 new corruption prosecutions. That's 18.6 percent lower than last year and 28.5 percent lower than five years ago. The 2014 figure represents a nearly third less corruption cases than a decade ago.
Legal experts weigh in on Ray Nagin's 10-year prison sentence Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin was sentenced to 10 years in prison today after he was convicted five months ago on 20 of 21 charges of bribery, fraud and money laundering. Local legal
Bestselling author and New Orleans native Walter Isaacson, billionaire investor Jim Coulter and New Orleans native investor and former Compaq computer Chairmain Ben Rosen after a discussion on the business growth prospects for New Orleans at
Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison Wednesday. Nagin a former member of Bloomberg's gun control group, "Mayors Against Illegal Guns", oversaw the gun confiscation in New